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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what ethnicity is the actor who plays Danny Boy in the Auteur's film?
(a) Japanese.
(b) Hispanic.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Filipino.

2. What was Lana's major in college?
(a) Biology.
(b) Theater.
(c) Art history.
(d) American History.

3. To whom is the narrator writing his confession in Chapter 2?
(a) To the Congressman.
(b) To the General.
(c) To the Commandant.
(d) To Bon.

4. Who has the General enlisted to help the narrator in killing the major in Chapter 5?
(a) Sonny.
(b) Bon.
(c) Madame.
(d) Claude.

5. What is the name of Bon's wife?
(a) Lana.
(b) Violet.
(c) Sofia.
(d) Linh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the older Vietnamese brother in the Auteur's film?

2. What Beatles' song does the narrator describe singing in the bar with Man and Bon in Chapter 1?

3. Of what ethnicity is James Yoon described in Chapter 10?

4. When did the narrator's family flee to the South after living in a northern hamlet?

5. What is one of the nicknames for the Congressman that the narrator describes in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you describe the narrator's relationship with the Auteur?

2. What does the narrator remark about propaganda in Chapter 11?

3. What does the narrator say about the crapulent major's death in Chapter 7?

4. Who is Sofia Mori? How does the narrator meet this character?

5. How does the narrator describe "breaking" the Watchman in Chapter 11?

6. Where are the Vietnamese refugees taken after arriving in America in Chapter 4?

7. What are the narrator's main duties on the set of The Hamlet?

8. How would you describe the narrative style of The Sympathizer?

9. How is the theme of duality introduced in Chapter 1?

10. What are the narrator's criticisms of the script for The Hamlet?

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